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Keker & Van Nest LLP

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American law firm

Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP is an American boutique law firm located in San Francisco, California, founded in 1978. The firm's areas of practice include intellectual property, professional liability, class actions, wrongful termination defense, general contract and commercial litigation, antitrust, white collar crime, and appellate.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP is an American boutique law firm located in San Francisco, California, founded in 1978. The firm's areas of practice include intellectual property, professional liability, class actions, wrongful termination defense, general contract and commercial litigation, antitrust, white collar crime, and appellate.2

How it started

History

The firm was founded as Keker & Brockett in 1978 by Yale Law School colleagues John Keker and William A. Brockett Jr. The firm was renamed Keker, Brockett & Van Nest in 1992, and then Keker & Van Nest in 1994, reflecting first the addition of Robert Van Nest to the firm's leadership, and then the departure of founding partner Bill Brockett. Partner Elliot Peters was added to the firm's name in January 2017.

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Timeline

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